I had a good time in Seattle for SMX, even
though I spent most of the time catching up on work. The “Give It Up”
panel that I was on with 9 other long-time SEO experts was really fun!
I’m not allowed to talk about what was said there because Danny
promised everyone it would be kept secret for at least a month. He was
pretty adamant about it and even went so far as to say that anyone who
published the secrets would be “dead to the rest of the SEO world”! (I
hope I’m allowed to say that!) I was kinda nervous about being on that
panel since I have been spilling my SEO secrets for the past 200 issues
here and wasn’t sure I had any left. I did manage to pull it off with
a few nice tips that I hope at least a few people in attendance didn’t
already know.

My daughter Jamie’s high school graduation is
this weekend and then next week is the Toronto SES, where I’m speaking
on the “SEO Myths and Scams” panel as well as the “Is Content Really
King?” panel. Thanks to all who sent in your requests for the free
pass to that event. You were all deserving, but alas, I could give out
only one.
There’s still time to register for the Toronto SES.

Then in July, we’ve got the next SEMNE
networking event on the 10th in Providence, RI: “Getting into Google,”
with special guest speaker, Dan Crowe of Google. This one is filling
up fast (it’s only $35 early reg.).
We’ve also got our September SEMNE event in Nashua, NH in the works,
with Matt Van Wagner from Find Me Faster talking about pay-per-click
(PPC) advertising. Registration for that event should be up next week.

Phew! After all the travel, conferences, and seminars, I think I
need to take August off just to sleep! (Oh wait, I’ll probably be
speaking at the San Jose SES in August as well…so much for that idea!)